Qiang Sun

Qiang Sun

First Name: 
Qiang
Last Name: 
Sun
Title: 
Associate Professor
Phone : 
416-978-4693
Office Location : 
Ontario Power Building, 700 University Avenue, 9th floor, Room 9142, Toronto, ON M5G 1X6
Biography : 

Qiang Sun is currently an associate Professor of Statistics and Computer Science at the University of Toronto (UofT), leading the StatsLE (Statistics, Learning, and Engineering) Lab. He is interested in statistics + AI, with a focus on efficient generative AI (GenAI),  trustworthy AI, and the foundation of next-generation statistics. Motivated by challenges in the industrial sector,  his interests extend to ensemble learning, transfer learning, and reinforcement learning. He is also interested in AI for tech, finance, and science.  In addition to his faculty role, he also serves as an associate editor for Electronic Journal of Statistics (EJS) and as an area chair for ML conferences such as AISTATS, COLT, and UAI.

Prior to his tenure at UofT, he was an associate research scholar at Princeton University. He obtained my PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) and my BS in SCGY from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).

Awards

  • Connaught Award
  • James E. Grizzle Distinguished Alumni
  • Noah’s Ark Distinguished Lecture
Personal Website: 
https://sites.google.com/view/qsun

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Areas of Interest: 
  • Generative AI
  • Trustworthy AI
  • Next-generation Statistics
Cross-Appointments: 
Department of Computer Science
Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
Other Website: 
Google Scholar: 
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=f0V2fAYAAAAJ&hl=en
GitHub: 
https://github.com/statsle

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Meta Description: 
Qiang Sun is an associate professor at the U of T Department of Statistical Sciences.